Film and Television
- The Magician (1900 film), a silent film by Thomas Edison
- The Magician (1926 film), a horror film directed by Rex Ingram
- The Magician (1958 film), a drama directed by Ingmar Bergman
- The Magician (1993 film), a crime drama directed by Terry Winsor
- The Magician (2005 film), a crime drama directed by Scott Ryan
- The Magician (2006 film), a comedy drama directed by Cem Yılmaz
- Magicians, a 2000 film directed by James Merendino and starring Til Schweiger and Claire Forlani
- Magicians (film), a 2007 comedy directed by Andrew O'Connor
- Magic Mansion, an American AFRTS Network sitcom series that aired 1965-1967
- The Magician (TV series), an American series that aired in 1973-1974
- The Magician (animated series), an animated series that aired in 1999
- The Magicians (TV series), a British series beginning in 2011
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